Climate averages 1991–2020
Lilongwe weather
in November.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Lilongwe: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chipata (128 km away). In November its highs average 30.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Lilongwe, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Lilongwe ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 4 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 4 cities is 28.5°C; Lilongwe is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lilongwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 208 | 25.0 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 159 | 20.4 | 12.613 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 113 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 23 | 5.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| June | 23.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| July | 22.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| August | 24.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| September | 27.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 9.9 | 1.7 | 12.412 h |
| November, selected | 29.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 39 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 142 | 19.2 | 12.913 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Chipata in NovemberZambia · 128 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Lichinga in NovemberMozambique · 173 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Mandimba in NovemberMozambique · 205 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Zomba in NovemberMalawi · 228 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Blantyre in NovemberMalawi · 241 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Tete in NovemberMozambique · 244 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Mzuzu in NovemberMalawi · 279 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Cuamba in NovemberMozambique · 310 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 56 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lilongwe) is explained once on the Lilongwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.